Phish - July 22nd, 2017
Madison Square Garden · New York · NY
1 Phish debut; a cappella.
2 Unfinished.
3 Phish debut.
4 With Trey on Marimba Lumina.
5 Down with Disease Sandwich: Down with Disease bookended Strawberry Letter 23, Birds of a Feather, I Always Wanted It This Way and 2 more in Set 2 - the 9th on record, the first since July 7th, 2012. No Down with Disease sandwich has ever held more.
Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song. Swipe the chart to see the rest.
Tonight's unique songs by the era Phish first played them.
- '83-'897
- '90-'943
- '95-'003
- '03-'041
- '09-'141
- '15-'194
The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.
- Lawn Boy3
- The Story of the Ghost3
- Big Boat2
- Hoist1
- Junta1
- Rift1
- Round Room1
- Covers6
- No studio album1
Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.
- 1-23
- 3-56
- 6-153
- 16-504
- 51+ · bustout1
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original13
- Frank Zappa1
- Shuggie Otis1
- Son Seals1
- Talking Heads1
- The Beatles1
- The Rolling Stones1
Rarer than most - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.
Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.
Trey quickly strays from his typical "Moma" solo but the jam retains its usual character until around 9:20 when he introduces a brief darker-tinged passage. Strong group play continues as the mood shifts again, this time to a wonderful major-key zone with strong accompaniment from Mike and Page, and intensifies briefly before exiting with a > to a jammed "Breath and Burning".
> from 'Moma," the band breaks from the song proper to produce a sudden, unexpected jam, just the second since its debut. Trey works atop a great groove, alternately riffing and picking a lilting little melody, while Page provides fun, whirling fills. Strong bass and nifty percussion propel the version to a spacey outro and > into "Funky Bitch."
Beautiful "Baker's Dozen" version quickly assumes a measured, metered pace, affording all four musicians room to seemingly solo independently, yet in unison, resulting in that special sort of cohesion wherein the band uses music to channel their collective energy to uncover a particular charmed and enchanted space.
Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.
This show was night two of Phish's Baker's Dozen run at Madison Square Garden and consisted of a Strawberry donut theme. Strawberry donuts were given to fans arriving at the venue and the show featured the Phish debuts of Strawberry Fields Forever and Strawberry Letter 23. Moma Dance was unfinished. Trey teased Pictures of Matchstick Men in the first DWD. I Always Wanted It This Way featured Trey on the Marimba Lumina. All of These Dreams was last played on October 26, 2010 (251 shows). Mike teased Dave's Energy Guide in Split Open and Melt.
Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.